Big numbers of locusts have been spotted around western Queensland following recent rain but the head of the Australian Plague Locust Commission (APLC) says he is not expecting to see anything like the plague of 2010....

Tour boat operators, with the help of a $1.1 million government grant, are at the forefront of the fight to manage the impact of the crown of thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef. This gallery explores how they do it....